Guangzhou vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Guangzhou	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$742	$3165
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2255	$7625
🏠 One person rent	$333	$2019
🏘️ Family rent	$834	$3688
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$715
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1117	$6398
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	97	99
😀 Quality of life	75	94
🏙️ Population	18.7M	3.9M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 77% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 6607th and 72nd ($742 vs $3165) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 60th in China and the United States, respectively. Check China vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Guangzhou compared to 2 months in Los Angeles. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Los Angeles ranked 5th in the United States, while ranked 955th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Los Angeles

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	Guangzhou	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$22.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$101
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$8.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$380	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1717
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1120	$4161
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$676	$3237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.66%	6.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10173	$7697
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4278	$6904
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.5	$87.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.87	$4.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$4.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$4.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$3.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.23	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.55	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$4.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.3	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$17.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.5	$64.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$423	$2020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18235	$31623

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2717
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2678
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2821
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2887
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2854
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2638
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2987
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2734
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2713
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2650
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3660
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2886
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2297
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2676
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2750
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2836
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3263
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3220
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2442
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3030
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2747
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2702
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2579
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2935
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2707
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3148
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2700
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2375
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2665
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2862